diff --git a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index d240d123f..3509f2d13 100644
--- a/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -318,6 +318,8 @@
             android:name=".RouterActivity$FetcherService"
             android:exported="false" />
 
+        <!-- opting out of sending metrics to Google in Android System WebView -->
+        <meta-data android:name="android.webkit.WebView.MetricsOptOut" android:value="true" />
         <!-- see https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/issues/3947 -->
         <!-- Version < 3.0. DeX Mode and Screen Mirroring support -->
         <meta-data android:name="com.samsung.android.keepalive.density" android:value="true"/>